Combined thimble and thread cutter



Feb. 12 1924. 1,483,823

Q. E. MARRS COMBINED THIMBLE'AND THREAD CUTTER Filed Aug. 237,-1922 can.

- /N VEN TOR weeneEarI-s BY D /1 TTOHNEYS Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

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QUEENE ELEANOR MARES, F KILLEEN, TEXAS.

COMBINED- THIMBLE AND THREAD CUTTER.

Application filed August 23, 1922.

To all whom t may concern: n

Be it known that I, QUEENE` ELEANOR MARES, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Killeen, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Combined Thimble and Thread Cutter, of which the following is a description'.

My invention relates to a thimble having A means to sever a thread and more particularly the invention relates to a thimble having a cutter arranged in a novel manner in a depression produced in the end of the thimble and oi' novel form.

The general object of the invention is to provide a thimble having a depression so that the thimble end presents a transverse slot in which the cutter is arranged and formed in a manner to afford accommodation for a cutter ample for its purpose, and presenting an entrance to the slot so narrow that thread will not be liable to accidentally nd its way into the depression, the

small entrance to the depression furthermore servingr to minimize the possibility of the needle entering therein.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication. y

Figure l is a longitudinal section as indicated by the line 1 1, Figure 3;

Figure 2 is a section at right angles to Figure 1 as indicated by the line 2-2 in said Figure 1;

Figure 8 is a ble;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section as indicated by the line 4 4, Figure 5, the view showing a modiiication;

Figure 5 is a view at right angles to Figure 4.

front end view of the thim- Serial No. 583,749.

Referring at first to Figures 1 toA 3 the thimble 10 has a depression 12 formed in the front end 11 ot the thimble, said depression extending across from side to side, thereby producing `a slot 13 which is dovetail, the slot by reason of the depression 12 flaring downwardly toward the bottom. A cutter 14 is provided inthe bottom of the depression 2 and extends transverse to the slot 13.

Theentrance to the slot 13 is comparatively narrow with a view of the thread finding entrance thereto only when it is desired to sever the thread.

In Figures 4 and 5 the thimble 10a has a depression 12a in the front 11a, thereby producing a slot 13a corresponding essentially with the slot 13 being daring toward the bottom and narrow at the entrance. The cutter 14il is produced in the form shown in Figures 4 and 5 integral with the material of the thimble instead of a separate cutter element 14 as in the first-described construction.

I would state in co-nclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can he considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: y

` Ars a new article of manufacture, a thimble having a depression in the end thereof forming av slot, the depression daring toward the bottom thereby presenting a narrow entrance to the slot, and a cutter in said slot transverse to the latter.`

Quentin ELEANOR Manns. 

